[I] take inspiration from kids. ... They're very honest in how they act and how they are in the world.

The best thing I've learned is, if you're going out, never go out alone - you leave yourself vulnerable. If you've got someone else there you trust, they can say, be wary of that person. I probably used to be too trusting of people.

I'm not a religious person. My mom was of Jewish blood and my dad was Protestant.

When you get as lucky as I got, you have to work as hard as possible to earn that luck.

When you're seventeen to early twenties, that's the time you're trying to work out who you are. If you're trying to make some kind of artistic or creative impact, that's the age when you start to figure out how to do that.

My job to make sure that thing is kick-ass - takes the mold, jumps on it, throws glitter all over it, smashes it, kicks it around, and drops the mic. If we don't do that, then we deserve not to have a hit.

I love Steve Carell and Will Ferrell - they're my heroes.